HMMM - NICKEL PRODUCERS ARE FEELING THE PINCH OF THE GLUT https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/surging-exchange-stocks-pile-pressure-nickel-2024-01-17/ - It's amazing how news release after news release from very reputable sources continue to show the reality of the ni glut on world markets. Slow demand and bigger supply has of course depressed ni prices to $7/lb.
Constant theories of chinese conspiracy just don't hold water. Reality does. China is dying, literally. More deaths last year, less births. Population collapse is inevitable. Thats why reshoring is the new normal. Investors leaving China due to politics and demographics. Supply chains can't have delays that have become common in china.